Post-Game Talk: A New Level of Suckage | Canucks 0 @ Jets 2
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I agree. It's crazy talk. Was Gillis perfect? Absolutely not, and his biggest failing was likely his arrogant nature, which coupled with the scuzzy Aqua-family turned the league, other owners and media completely against the club.
Bennings biggest failing is that he's a horrible GM. It's waaaaay to early to evaluate his drafting, but there's ample evidence that he's simply not fit for his job. I really wish I wasn't writing that, as I'd like nothing better than to be confident that he could improve this club moving forward ... but man, his fingerprints are all over this horribad season for both the Canucks and the Comets.
y2kcanucks
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With tonight's revelations I think it's safe to say these guys are on par with Mike Milbury.
PG Canuck
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Well, this isn't particularly rocket science. I play fantasy hockey and I know these things. If I ran a NHL team, I sure as hell would have that CBA just about memorized.
y2kcanucks
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Very debatable. Harvard should seriously just close their doors now since they allowed John Weisbrod to graduate with a degree from there. That's gotta be an embarrassment.
Wow!...99 shots against in two games.....three goose-eggs in a row....they need to start handing out a cigarette and a blindfold to whatever goalie is up next....Miller the next to face the barrage in Music City....this is going to get ugly folks.
Bad News Benning
Fallin for Dahlin?
If he's allowed to stay on as long as Milbury he will likely surpass him as worst gm of all time.
For every year they don't fire him it will likely set us back another two or three.
The major damage he might cause is still yet to come...I don't even expect the stupid contract he hands to Lucic will go down as one of his worst moves because there will be so many that you can't even keep track of them.
Milbury, as has been pointed out numerous times, at least had his moments.
Wendell Clark and Mathieu Schneider for Kenny Jonsson and the 4th overall pick (used to take Luongo) is a better trade than all of Benning's best moves combined.
Wendell Clark and Mathieu Schneider for Kenny Jonsson and the 4th overall pick (used to take Luongo) is a better trade than all of Benning's best moves combined.
Reverend Mayhem
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Weisbrod gives me hope I too can one day be an NHL team executive. Though hopefully more competent.
Yeh.....losing a year on Tryamkin's entry-level deal is far less egregious than signing guys like Dorsett, Sbisa and Sutter to bloated contracts....that's where this dynamic duo of Jimbo and Linden can really do the most damage.
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This board is hilarious. Yup, Harvard should close their doors because one of their graduates attained the position of the general manager of a professional sports team along with several other high ranking positions in the National Hockey League. Yup....pretty embarrassing.
That's what is perhaps the scariest thing is that Benning is primed to possibly do his most damaging moves this coming off season.
The stuff he's done to this point have been bad, but Miller only has a year left, Vrbata is off the books, Sbisa could be bought out...well, we're still stuck with Dorsett.
But yeah...this off seaosn he will have cap space and full autonomy to really cripple this franchise for years to come. Another 4 years for Miller, a 7 year deal to Lucic, who even knows at this point. Horvat traded for some plug because of our logjam at centre. I can't even guess anymore.
y2kcanucks
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His job performance is embarrassing. I would argue John Weisbrod's reading comprehension is at a 12th grade level, because surely any first year college student can understand a CBA. Hell back in 2005 when that CBA came out I was entering my 3rd year in University and I had a printed copy of the CBA and had read it and understood a lot of the concepts. The fact Weisbrod/Benning/Linden don't have a clue when it's their ****ing JOB is beyond ridiculous.
ProstheticConscience
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No, it just means they were embarrassingly scolded by the NHL in front of every other team.
It means nothing but Benning isnt a lawyer with CBA memorized,
although it could also be suggested this disqualifies him from being allowed to live in Canada anymore
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Benning just tried to sign him to a 3 year deal when you can only sign him to a 2 year deal because he's a ****ing idiot and doesn't read the CBA.
He is signed to a two year deal currently.
